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Because the desktop software is executed on my desktop - and since I'm the owner I'd like to have full control over what is happening on it instead of giving up
by ManlyBread 9y ago
Because the desktop software is executed on my desktop - and since I'm the owner I'd like to have full control over what is happening on it instead of giving up that power for the benefit of a faceless entity and a foggy promise of "better user experience".
- svick 9y agoA lot of telemetry gathering done by websites is also executed on your desktop. I don't think it makes a different that it's written in JavaScript and not C++.
- ManlyBread 9y agoOf course it does make a difference - I can easily block the JS ones by installing NoScript.
- Typhon 9y agoClient-side Javascript is executed in the browser, not on the desktop, it is sandboxed, it has no unlimited access to my local data on the disk.